Australia has my heart
Last weekend I watched Chaley Boorman's (sp?) show 'By Any Means' where he tries to get from Ireland to Sydney by any form of transport execpt commerical airlines. Last Saturday was the final show where they arrived in Australia and as they did the lead up to Sydney I was already feeling emotional but the minute they showed Harbour Bridge and the Opera House I was in tears! I think it was mainly because it's the first time I've seen it since coming home, it was the last landmark I saw in Sydney and to me it represents freedom amongst other emotions and of course is the icon of Australia.
Recently though it's stirred new emotions as I've received some bad news from Down Under which I'm going to try and deal with before posting about what's happened.
At the end of the day though Australia has become part of me and will always have a special place in my heart. Something I never expected when I first decided to go